The concepts of weight, area and volume in the primary school
type: CreativeWork
description: Eighty Maltese pupils in year three and four of the primary school 1r1ere tested for conservation of weight, area and volume. Weight was conserved first, followed by area and volume. These results ware compared with a similar research of E.R. Hughes. Implications of this research and a teaching approach for the development of these concepts followed.
abstract: Eighty Maltese pupils in year three and four of the primary school 1r1ere tested for conservation of weight, area and volume. Weight was conserved first, followed by area and volume. These results ware compared with a similar research of E.R. Hughes. Implications of this research and a teaching approach for the development of these concepts followed.
language: en
keywords: Education, Primary -- Malta, Mathematics -- Study and teaching -- Malta
date published: 1981
date modified: 2026-07-27T20:12:50Z
provider: University of Malta
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: University of Malta